Things To Do Today In Buffalo & Niagara
Looking for things to do today in Buffalo? You’ve come to the right place. No matter what you’re interested in, Step Out Buffalo has a complete list of Things To Do in Buffalo, WNY, and Niagara so you can find everything from live music to festivals and everything in between.
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3rd Annual Freelance Business Week Buffalo
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
$49
Virtual - Online Only
Buffalo Hosts Third Annual Freelance Business Week April 19- 23, 2021 Event-filled virtual conference supporting and celebrating WNY’s freelance
Hofbrauhaus Buffalo Celebrates the 505th Anniversary of Reinheitsgebot
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
Free
190 Scott St
Buffalo 14204
Buffalo
Next week the Hofbrauhaus will be celebrating the 505th Anniversary of the German Purity Law, Reinheitsgebot. Reinheitsgebot, the world's oldest food
Heartlight | A Virtual Dueling Piano Event To Benefit Child & Family Services
Fri, April 23 • 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
$25
844 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo 14209
Virtual - Online Only
Experience high-energy dueling pianos in a night of laughter and fun! Request a song and sing along to support Child & Family Services and thousands
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THINGS TO DO TODAY
Band Together
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
Free
A large coalition of music industry professionals has teamed up for a multi-week, free virtual event showcasing the local talent across Western New York
Buffalo Society of Artists 130th Anniversary Member Exhibition
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
Free
The Buffalo Society of Artists is one of the oldest continually operating arts organizations in the country. It was founded in 1891 to expand and celebrate
Buffalo In Space Exhibit
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
$16
1020 Humboldt Pkwy
Buffalo 14211
The Buffalo Museum of Science's newest and perhaps most anticipated science studio will be unveiled this August! Buffalo In Space is the eighth and final
Neighbors: The People of Erie County
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
Free
One Museum Court
Buffalo 14216
Neighbors: The People of Erie County Exploring the region's rich ethnic and cultural heritage through the traditions and stories of immigrant Germans,
THE SPIRIT OF THE CITY
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
Free
459 Forest Ave
Buffalo 14213
Spirit of the City: Imagining the Pan-American Exposition Spirit of the City, the History Museum's 3000 square foot feature exhibit showcasing the Pan-American
STEAM Afterschool Program @TheFoundry
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
Free
298 Northhampton Street
Buffalo 14208
STEAM AFTERSCHOOL Tuesdays (with optional Wednesday "Open Lab" sessions for any enrolled participants) 4PM-6PM 7th and 8th graders Starts on
Perspectives on Abstraction – Buffalo Art Movement
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
Free
255 Great Arrow Avenue
Buffalo 14207
From timed processes to organic materials and impulsive color palettes - Jeannine Mullan, Sherry Arndt and Travis Keller explore the principles of abstraction
KELLOGG OBSERVATORY
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
Free
1020 Humboldt Parkway
Buffalo 14211
The Kellogg Observatory has been a part of the Museum’s history for almost 90 years. Named for Jane and Spencer Kellogg, the Kellogg Observatory opened
Bug Works
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
Free
1020 Humboldt Parkway
Buffalo 14211
Bug Works is about the kind of bugs that creep, crawl and fly and their place and purpose in our ecosystem. Join Sparky and Ocho O'Rider, Bug Works' Lightning
Explorations
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
Free
1020 Humboldt Parkway
Buffalo 14211
Explore Together! Since its 2009 reopening, our interactive Explorations gallery has inspired thousands of wee explorers and toddlers to explore the basics
Explore YOU
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
Free
1020 Humboldt Parkway
Buffalo 14211
This is a permanent science studio exhibit Explore YOU presented by Independent Health invites museum guests to explore anatomy and learn about important
In Motion
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
Free
1020 Humboldt Parkway
Buffalo 14211
Explore the basics of physics, mechanical motion, engineering and organic motion through a highly interactive studio space. Corporate support for In
Our Marvelous Earth
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
Free
1020 Humboldt Parkway
Buffalo 14211
Explore our Earth's systems, from extreme weather to geological phenomena and the alternative forms of energy our planet provides, and take an in-depth
Rethink Extinct
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
Free
1020 Humboldt Parkway
Buffalo 14211
Rethink Extinct takes you on a journey through time, starting in the Paleozoic Era 542 million years ago, to explore the past - and the future - of life
Seymour & Stanley
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
Free
1020 Humboldt Parkway
Buffalo 14211
BMS unveiled two new family members on Saturday, November 26, 2011. Enormous casts of a 12-foot tall mastodon and 26-foot long Albertosaurus now greet
Perspectives on Abstraction – Buffalo Art Movement
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
Free
255 Great Arrow Avenue
Buffalo 14207
From timed processes to organic materials and impulsive color palettes - Jeannine Mullan, Sherry Arndt and Travis Keller explore the principles of abstraction
Gareth Lichty, Warp and Weft
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
Free
2495 Main St, Suite #500
Buffalo 14214
Gareth Lichty’s sculptural practice consists of physically manipulating materials such as garden hose, construction fence, field marking tape, polypropylene
2021 Step Challenge
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
Free
Kimball Tower
Buffalo 14215
Virtual - Online Only
Go from blah to hurrah with the Step Challenge... Feeling a little cooped up? Well, spring is just around the corner, and so is your chance
The John R. Oishei Pioneer Gallery
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
Free
1 Museum Ct
Buffalo 14216
Pioneer life in Buffalo Creek Village is interpreted anew with fresh signage, a full-wall mural depicting rural life, as well as the beloved and iconic
Inside Tim Russert’s Office
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
Free
1 Museum Ct
Buffalo
The Alumni of Canisius High School Presents Inside Tim Russert’s Office: If it’s Sunday, it’s “Meet the Press” After more than four years
Icons: The Makers and Moments of Buffalo Sports
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
Free
1 Museum Ct
Buffalo 14216
The Buffalo News and M&T Bank present Icons: The Makers and Moments of Buffalo Sports. Icons explores our rich sports history and investigate the
Car Wash Exhibit At Explore & More – The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Children’s Museum
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
Free
130 Main Street
Buffalo 14202
Explore & More’s new Car Wash exhibit has been planned, designed, and developed over the past twelve months and is the first and ONLY one of its
The Year of Magical Thinking
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
$25
From one of America’s most iconic writers, The Year of Magical Thinking is based on Didion’s stunning book of electric honesty and passion. It explores
AT THE WATER’S EDGE, PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS BY MILDRED C. GREEN
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
Free
1300 Elmwood Ave
Buffalo 14222
Mildred C. Green (1874- 1951) was a muralist, illustrator, educator, and writer. She was born April 18, 1874 in Paris, New York, and moved to Buffalo
REACTIONS
Tue, April 20 • All Day +more dates
Free
1300 Elmwood Ave
Buffalo 14222
SUNY Buffalo State graduate students in museum studies co-curated Reactions to research and interpret works in the museum’s collection that address
Watercolor III-Advanced Beginners- Online
Tue, April 20 • 9:00 am - 11:00 am
$78
2655 South Park Ave
Buffalo 14218
Watercolor III - Advanced Beginners-ONLINE Tuesdays, 9-11am General Public - $78 per series Garden Members - $70.20 per series This watercolor class
A FORGOTTEN LENS: PHILIP C. ELLIOTT REDISCOVERED
Tue, April 20 • 9:00 am - 5:00 pm +more dates
Free
1300 Elmwood Ave
Buffalo 14222
In the mid-twentieth century, Philip Clarkson Elliott and his wife, Virginia Cuthbert, were celebrated artists in Buffalo, New York. Cuthbert was well-known
Construct
Tue, April 20 • 10:00 am - 4:00 pm +more dates
$16
1020 Humboldt Parkway
Buffalo 14211
CONSTRUCT, the hands-on experience presented by Turner Construction Company, serves as an imagination playground for all ages, where guests are invited
Zygmunt Planetarium
Tue, April 20 • 10:00 am - 4:00 pm +more dates
$16
1020 Humboldt Parkway
Buffalo 14211
The new Zygmunt digital planetarium allows us to view brilliant night skies from anywhere in the world, visualize legendary constellations and fly through
Biodiversity
Tue, April 20 • 10:00 am - 4:00 pm +more dates
$16
1020 Humboldt Parkway
Buffalo 14211
Open Wed - Sun 10am-4pm Prices: Adults- $10; Seniors 62+ - $9; Children 2-17, students* & military* with ID $8 Museum Members - FREE Children under
Live on Five 2021
Tue, April 20 • 11:00 am - 5:00 pm +more dates
$10
2495 Main Street, Suite 500
Buffalo 14214
Live on Five is back and it has grown! Live on Five 2021 includes an exhibition of 775 original 5″ by 5″ artworks by over 200 local artists. The artwork
Pinwheels For Prevention At Family Help Center Of Buffalo
Tue, April 20 • 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Free
60 Dingens St.
Buffalo 14206
April is Child Abuse Awareness Month. PINWHEELS for PREVENTION is a unique way for The Family Help Center to raise awareness. On Tuesday, April 20th,
Southtowns Food Truck Fest
Tue, April 20 • 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm +more dates
$20
2052 Lakeview Road
Lake View 14085
Southtowns Catholic School is excited to announce that we will be hosting weekly food trucks in our Southtowns Food Truck Fest series! We're bringing in
Incredible Years Parents & Babies
Tue, April 20 • 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm +more dates
Free
1021 Broadway St.
Buffalo 14212
Parenting Classes- Parents with babies birth-2 years. 12 Sessions- 2 hours long: FREE Virtual- Zoom Topics: Getting to Know Baby
Buying Your First Home
Tue, April 20 • 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Free
Buying a home is one of the biggest financial decisions you will ever make. And if it’s your first time, the process can be quite overwhelming. Thankfully,
Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Workshop 1 of 3
Tue, April 20 • 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Free
Virtual - Online Only
The SheCAN! Diverse-Is-She Team, together with Bank of America / Merrill Lynch are proud to present a 3 Part Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI)
Polymer Clay Statement Jewelry- The Slab Method
Tue, April 20 • 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
$38
21 Elm St
East Aurora 14052
Virtual - Online Only
The techniques of polymer clay sculpting are vast and exciting. In this statement jewelry class, we'll teach you how to mix, plan, and stamp a pair of
Fluid Painting: Coastal Coasters
Tue, April 20 • 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
$38
17 Elm Street
East Aurora 14052
Virtual - Online Only
Let's celebrate Earth Day by creating your own set of ocean inspired coasters! We will be using a simple fluid paint pour technique to make a set of 4
Handel and Mozart
Tue, April 20 • 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm +more dates
$10
3 Symphony Circle
Buffalo 14201
This performance replaces Classical Fireworks, originally scheduled Friday, March 19, and Saturday, March 20. Handel’s grandiose interlude music to
Charlie Parker: Easy to Love!
Tue, April 20 • 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm +more dates
$10
3 Symphony Circle
Buffalo 14201
This performance replaces James Bond & Beyond, originally scheduled Saturday, March 27. An evening of popular compositions from the jazz halls of
Brand New Day – Back to Broadway!
Tue, April 20 • 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
$10
3 Symphony Circle
Buffalo 14201
This performance replaces Glenn Miller Orchestra, originally scheduled Friday, April 16, and Saturday, April 17. Join Principal Pops Conductor John
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DINING IDEAS
The Village Bake Shoppe
Only using the finest and freshest ingredients, The Village Bake Shoppe is a top destination for dessert fans from all over the world! Everything is made
Overwinter Coffee – Williamsville
We will be open 8am-4pm everyday. We’ll keep things short and sweet: we decided to roast coffee because we didn’t feel like there was enough good
Cookies and Cream
The aim of Cookies $ Cream is to deliver an authentic, nostalgic Ice Cream Parlor experience with a twist, as we also deliver the aromatic and delicious